Allocating Cost of Service to Customers in Inventory Routing
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Ozener, Okan Orsan; Ergun, Ozlem; Savelsbergh, Martin
署名单位：
Ozyegin University; University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology; University of Newcastle
刊物名称：
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
ISSN/ISSBN：
0030-364X
DOI：
10.1287/opre.1120.1130
发表日期：
2013
页码：
112-125
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摘要：
Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) replenishment is a collaboration between a supplier and its customers, where the supplier is responsible for managing the customers' inventory levels. In the VMI setting we consider, the supplier exploits synergies between customers, e. g., their locations, usage rates, and storage capacities, to reduce distribution costs. Due to the intricate interactions between customers, calculating a fair cost-to-serve for each customer is a daunting task. However, cost-to-serve information is useful when marketing to new customers or when revisiting routing and delivery quantity decisions. We design mechanisms for this cost allocation problem and determine their characteristics both analytically and computationally.
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